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| tom66:
Higher bandwidth. 5G in many places could replace conventional DSL internet, which is typically very expensive at the 'last mile'. Improving connectivity in congested areas. Shopping malls, office blocks, stadiums, etc. Currently 3G/4G may get a signal but there is insufficient capacity per customer to make this useful. More bandwidth efficient. So the expensive bandwidth the cell co's buy can be used for more customers/more data. Which means more money, of course. |
| IanB:
I will mention, I found having 5G data speeds very helpful when using my phone as a hotspot in a location were wi-fi was slow and inadequate. |
| nali:
--- Quote from: eti on January 05, 2022, 09:37:04 pm ---(+[for the carriers]) Earns carriers £££+++ (which is basically ALL they care about, no, seriously, ALL they care about) --- End quote --- Which is basically the principle behind the existance of *any* company. --- Quote ---We do not need 400 GigaFloppaTerrabps on our phones, laptops, or ANYTHING; the world has gone (more) INSANE. --- End quote --- Wrong. There are useage cases which desperately need more mobile data bandwidth. For example, ever tried to use the WiFi service on a train? I'm talking about work emails or web-based UIs, not neccesarily watching tiktoks or cat videos. |
| rstofer:
I want to monitor the stock market in real time no matter where I am. Faster is better! There's money on both sides of this deal. |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: mansaxel on January 05, 2022, 05:20:41 pm ---Not quite certain if I've run over Flame Delay, but I would not be surprised. --- End quote --- Now sit yerself down here on the porch sonny - no not there, you'll get in the way of the rockin' chair - hand me my pipe and that mason jar there, and I'll tell you about the time that I ran th' infrastructure for a national UK ISP with nuthin' more than a 768k Frame Relay circuit to MAE-WEST for transit... |
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